New Delhi— Have you seen the derogatory remarks slapped onto the official posts of the country's Home Minister? Is X (formerly Twitter) genuinely categorizing explicit abuse as fact-checking? Over the past few months, a dangerous and highly coordinated game has been unfolding on the platform. From the President of India to senior cabinet ministers, prominent timelines are being bombarded with targeted "Community Notes."

Interestingly, this organized digital assault gained momentum right alongside the growing discussions around the UGC regulations.

A closer investigation reveals that these notes are far from objective fact-checks. Instead, they appear to be the handiwork of a coordinated right-wing faction pushing a specific propaganda agenda. Their primary objective seems twofold: to aggressively oppose the new UGC rules and to establish a narrative that undermines the constitutional rights of Dalit, Backward, and Tribal communities.

Image evidence from the platform shows a disturbing trend, including derogatory labels hurled at social justice voices—such as branding Dr. Laxman Yadav with casteist slurs—and blatant political attacks disguised as necessary context.

Many users mistakenly believe that a Community Note represents the ultimate, platform-verified truth. To understand the current manipulation, we must look at the feature's history. Originally launched by Twitter in January 2021 as a US-only pilot called "Birdwatch," the tool was designed to let a community of users collaboratively identify and provide context for misleading information.

Following Elon Musk's takeover in November 2022, the feature was rebranded as Community Notes and rolled out globally. The core philosophy was to decentralize moderation, relying on the user base rather than the platform itself to verify facts.

However, no digital tool is entirely immune to abuse, and Community Notes is currently proving this rule. The system operates on a consensus algorithm, meaning its effectiveness depends entirely on the intent of its users.

A glaring example is a recent note attached to a post by Home Minister Amit Shah, which used highly abusive language, mockingly referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his father. Such a note holds no factual basis, yet it appeared publicly.

This exposes a critical flaw: if the algorithm is fed what it wants within a specific timeframe, almost any narrative—no matter how abusive or false—can be plastered beneath a targeted post.

The mechanics of this digital hijacking are straightforward but require numbers. Community Notes do not appear instantly. They require a critical mass of ratings from enrolled contributors who must validate the note as "helpful." Once a note receives enough rapid, coordinated upvotes—often estimated to be around 500 to 600 ratings—the algorithm assumes the information is accurate and pushes it to the public view.

Furthermore, to even write a note, a user must have a track record of accurately rating other notes. This means these coordinated groups first build credibility within the system before launching synchronized attacks on posts by figures like PM Modi, Amit Shah, President Droupadi Murmu, and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.

Why are they doing this? The underlying trigger points directly to the UGC debate. The accounts being targeted are those directly or indirectly supporting guidelines that favor marginalized communities. To mask their coordinated harassment, these groups have launched a parallel psychological campaign, celebrating Community Notes as the "fifth pillar of democracy."

By doing so, they create an illusion of organic, democratic fact-checking, deflecting suspicion and making the general public believe that X's own unbiased system is reprimanding these leaders.

If you find a misleading or abusive note attached to your post, there is a clear counter-strategy. You and your network must actively engage with the system by reporting and rating the offending note as "unhelpful" or "abusive."

Once the negative ratings outweigh the orchestrated positive ones, the algorithm will automatically remove the note. For those advocating for social justice and equality today, digital literacy is no longer optional; it is a vital weapon. The fight against systemic discrimination has definitively moved to the digital battlefield, and understanding these technological manipulations is the first step in fighting back.